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Divorce, Italian Style
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NR,1hr 44min
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1962
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Henstooth Video
Synopsis: To fully appreciate the international box-office bonanza Divorce, Italian Style (Divorzio All'Italiana), one must remember that back in 1962, divorce was illegal in Italy. Ferdinando CefalĂș(Marcello Mastroianni) would love to unload his demanding, sex-starved, monumentally unappealing wife, Rosalia (Daniela Rocca), but he can't take the legal means open to his American counterparts. Ferdinando can, however, kill off his wife and receive a light sentence...provided he catches the lady committing adultery. ... Full Synopsis
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Viewed decades after its original release, Divorce Italian Style remains as fresh and funny and pointed as it did when it was released to acclaim and awards and brisk business in 1961-1962. Credit must go to director and co-writer Pietro Germi, whose previous films set in Sicily had largely been social realist dramas, and star Marcello Mastroianni, coming off his big breakthrough, La Dolce Vita (whose ... Full Review
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Rosalia
Carmelo Patane
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